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PSC To Determine Future Of Gary Sewer System

The judge will hear evidence to determine if the City of Welch, McDowell County Public Service District, Veolia, and West Virginia-American Water Company would be capable of taking over the system.

The Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing later this month to determine the status of the City of Gary’s sewer system. 

The public comment portion will be immediately followed by an evidentiary hearing to establish whether Gary’s sewer system should be considered a distressed or failing utility.

An administrative law judge is expected to preside over the evidentiary hearing. 

The judge will hear evidence to determine if the City of Welch, McDowell County Public Service District, Veolia, and West Virginia-American Water Company would be capable of taking over the system.

In 2020 Gov. Justice ordered the West Virginia National Guard and West Virginia Emergency Management Division to step in after a broken water pump left the entire town without water.

The hearing on Thursday, Nov. 30 is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the McDowell Public Library in Welch.

For more information, or to access documentation related to the Gary sewer case, visit the Commission website: www.psc.state.wv.us by referencing Case No. 22-1083-S-DU.

West Virginia Officials Scramble To Help Town's Water Outage

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday directed the state National Guard and other state emergency officials to help a small town that has been without running water for several days.

The Republican governor said the National Guard and additional emergency officials will provide Gary, West Virginia with resources after a pump in the town’s 563-customer water system broke last week.

Gary Treasurer Tracy Allison has described the situation as a health crisis where residents are having to scramble to get water to wash their hands. The governor said state officials have delivered thousands of gallons of drinking water to the town. City officials have also donated water. 

Among the businesses without water service are the McDowell County Health Department, a nursing home and other health clinics.

Local officials have approved the purchase of a new pump but it’s not clear when the equipment will be available.

West Virginia City Says Drinking Water Possibly Contaminated

A small city in southern West Virginia is telling residents not to drink tap water because of possible contamination.

The city of Gary issued the warning Friday evening, saying there’s a possible introduction of “coal refuse” into the city’s raw well water source.

The city said in the release the water will be tested but residents have been warned not to drink tap water.

“Boiling will not purify the water. Do not drink the water, even if it is boiled. The type of contamination suspected is not removed by boiling,” the release says.

The city is located in the southern tip of the state near the Virginia border.

City officials say they are taking samples of the water and said they expect to resolve the problem within seven days.

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